On Mon, 2006-04-03 at 19:04 -0400, Dan wrote: > Andrew Robinson wrote: > > I followed the instructions in the Unofficial Fedora FAQ for > > installing Java. When I got to the end, I discovered there was no plug > > in module for Mozilla (Firefox). Anyone know if the plug in exists for > > x86_64? If so, where can I find it? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Andrew Robinson > > > Java (and Macromedia and others) does not believe 64-bit systems are in > mainstream use, so they have not developed a 64-bit plugin (for > anything). They're all dropping the ball here, but as another reply > stated, for now you can install a 32-bit version of firefox alongside > the 64-bit one to use 32-bit plugins. > -Dan > See blackdown.org. I have a pure 64-bit machine at home that runs the java plugin in mozilla and firefox. It is not heavily tested by me, and I have read reports on the gentoo forums of crashes. -- Travis Fraser <travis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
